The West Indian woman who is believed to be 'the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival' has been commemorated with two plaques.

Activist Claudia Jones was remembered with the unveiling of a blue heritage plaque on Portobello Road and a bronze plaque inside the Carnival Village, in the Tabernacle, Powis Square, Notting Hill, on Friday.

Following the 1958 race riots in Notting Hill, Ms Jones - who was born in Trinidad in 1915 - organised a walk from Powis Square to Tavistock Square to celebrate positive aspects of Caribbean culture.

A few months later, she organised an indoor Caribbean festival in a hall in St Pancras, which continued annually until the first outdoor Notting Hill Carnival in 1964 - which she is thought to have helped organise.

She died in the same year, on Christmas Eve, after suffering a heart attack aged 49.

The plaques, commissioned by the community group Nubian Jak Community Trust, were unveiled by the high commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago John Jeremy, mayor of Kensington and Chelsea Cllr Joanna Gardner and deputy mayor of Westminster Cllr Dr Harvey Marshall.

Founder of the Nubian Jak Community Trust Jak Beula said: "It's wonderful that someone who gave so much to her community, and who stood up for justice and equality, should finally be recognised for giving Britain its greatest symbol of cultural diversity."